How Bricks Are Made

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Published 2018-05-13

Bricks are often made of a lightweight rock called shale. It's ground up into a thick paste that is pressed into the standard brick shape. Then the bricks are cooked in a giant oven at 1,040 degrees Celsius. That's almost 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit!

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All Comments (21)

@willjackson8396 6 years ago

Wow. Absolutely disgusted. Never eating another brick in my life #notinmybricks
@nukihowlter5058 6 years ago

“Today I’m gonna study for my finals!” *sees how a brick is made* “This might be on the finals?”
@dragments 5 years ago

raises them...…………………… THEN STACKS THEM
@logand.r.505 3 years ago

This is where HAI gets his inspiration
@zuko1569 6 years ago

Looks like a very tough cake
@marcelblackstone4590 5 years ago

I've never heard someone narrate the creation process of bricks so passionately as this woman.
@JustinY. 6 years ago

I thought you just threw some clay into a furnace and put them onto a crafting table to make one clay brick
@byestander9580 3 years ago

Why would Half As Interesting deprive us of a video on such a significant and meaningful topic...
@alejandroarias4839 6 years ago

Bricks are just domesticated rocks LMAO 😂 🔥 💯
@rafaelacosta6630 6 years ago

I like the fact how the narrator goes from calm to excitement as the video continues.
@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache 6 years ago

Shoutout to all the little pigs watching this to screw over some wolves who're giving them trouble.
@LuisManriquezRosas 6 years ago

Whenever I’m watching these I’m just thinking what would happen if my hand accidentally got caught in those machines
@ulisesrivera92869 6 years ago

I like how you really increased your voice tone halfway through the video
@rainbowtribe2967 6 years ago

So these the bricks Lil Tay be moving
@lilywebber5668 6 years ago

“Gilllllllotine”
@augustinesim1672 3 years ago

Imagine using the metric system in the first 2 minutes and then switch to the imperial ...not confusing..at all.
@CodyWhitlock 6 years ago

Who knew making bricks were so u interesting 😂😂
@jasonpeng5798 6 years ago

did she say "gill-o-tine?" LMAO
@DarthFurie 6 years ago

I love these "how they're made" videos 😍
@hansdekryger7649 2 years ago

Come back "how it's made" we miss you! 32 seasons wasn't enough 😭